Esfand
Esfand (Persian: اسفند, Persian pronunciation: [esˈfænd][1]) is the twelfth and final month of the Iranian calendar.[1] Esfand has twenty-nine days[1] normally, and thirty during leap years[citation needed]. It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar[citation needed].
Esfand is the third and last month of the winter season (Zemestan), and is followed by Farvardin.[1]
Events
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Deaths
- 16 - 1391 - Hugo Chávez, was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013[citation needed]
- 17 - 1308 - William Howard Taft, Chief Justice and 27th President of the United States
- 18 - 1390 - Simin Daneshvar, Iranian was an Iranian[4] academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator[citation needed].
References
- ^ a b c d "Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.